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American ally in the middle east has died. Later today, the funeral for saudi arabias King Abdullah. He died at age 90 after coming down with pneumonia. His half brother, prince salman has been declared the new king. The country is key to the u. S. War against isis and al qaeda in the middle east. Key to stability in the region. Lets bring in the correspondent Nic Robertson for the latest. Good morning, nic. You describe this king as someone who by person standards certainly not up to western standards on human rights and religious freedom. A step ahead of his peers. Reporter he certainly was ...

Death, what does this mean for the president s trip to india, would he have to cancel that would he go to saudi arabia . The white house established Vice President biden would lead a delltation to saudi arabia and that the president s plans in india would continue. But then news broke in india from officials here that the president had cut his trip short. Not by a long period of time. In fact less than a day. Hell still be able to give remarks on tuesday. Once that broke, then the white house did release a statement early this morning saying that was the case that they they said they looked at...

Seemed larger than they ordinarily would be at this hour. His hand picked successor king solomon is relatively young by saudi standards. The king that is chose enn will be vital to the United States as well as the economic clout they hold as the worlds leading oil exporter. There is a lot to talk about. Nic robertson is monitoring the situation there, and so is bob bear baer who has seen it all in that region over the years, and Christiane Amanpour joining us via phone. D when he officially took the throne but he was still considered a reformer. Though a reformer in a very conservative context...

Mileanhour winds leaving so much devastation in its wake. In our drive this morning from a little further west, we saw downed power lines, downed trees. Some of these power lines were so low it was tough to get through. Entire neighborhoods would be wiped out and almost seemed like a tornado had gone through. The most damage is mexico beach. Brooke baldwin joins us now from what is ground zero. Erica, i am here in mexico beach. There is devastation. The word is its gone, gone. We were able to get a helicopter, thanks to our pilot alex, who happened to be in town from the grand canyon. It was j...

Attack occurred five days after an Arab from southern Israel killed at least four Israelis